hi #portfolioday I'm Valerie Nelson! I'm a Graphic Designer and Illustrator making kid-friendly graphics for books, packaging, and products. I'm currently on the lookout for more work in children's books, play products, or paper goods! 💌[email protected] 🌷valerie-nelson.com

13. marble. a marbled statue. #art #digitalpainting #illustration #painting #statue #marble #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25marble

Jesus Letting Me Know I’m Up Past My Bed Time on June 7th, 2007

Polar bear sculpt, 2023

"He who saw everything, Center of light, Yesterday is mine, and I know tomorrow." -excerpt from the hymn of unknowing

little dog paint doodles #painting #sketch #kidlitart

Crop 💙

(RTs appreciated!) my sticker drop is ending tonight! i have 5+ years of sheets available again for the first time. the store will be open until 12am PT/3am ET, take a look if you're interested 🐹💛✨ bemmpo.myshopify.com

Periodically drawing a willow, because it's my favorite tree ever. This time with sparkles ✨✨

coming soon

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blender+aseprite

All Living Things Demo is OUT on STEAM The short demo will introduce you to a few main puzzle mechanics. How one thing is hidden in another, how another thing can deceive, and how all things have a role to play in the eternal becoming store.steampowered.com/app/3681490/...

“to a T” Temo ouT Tow. Tope Tou Tnjoy iT, anT leT Te knoT whaT Tou Think. store.steampowered.com/app/3727290/...

This is what gaming will look like in 1989. Added movement & tiles on the z axis, attacks, movement states, projectiles, throws, more songs and sprites etc. More to show soon.

psyduck #b3d

somewhere else

Digital collage landscape!! #art #illustration

ennui

Turning my ceramic pieces (many semesters ago) into sticker sheets!! Doodled some sparkles on top and whee mixed media has been fun

Two weeks in Manila 🛵 💨 💨 💨

vow

Now you're just a memory

“You crashed into an unknown asteroid belt. Explore this alien world, leap between asteroids and find a way to repair your spaceship.” Demo out on Itch and (soon) Steam gtibo.itch.io/wild-cosmos s.team/a/3051070 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #godotengine

hidden

Landscape time!! #art #illustration

on the road 🚗💨

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the spring parade 🌷

Unicorn I drew. 2019 I think! Digital

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charlie and snoopie 💖#b3d

hi I’m Valerie!! I hope to share more of my work here 🩷 and I hope to make more colorful and joyful things in the near future

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luck 🍀

The Sky Parade #art #illustration

my love letter to mary blair and folk art 💖

everyone loves tangys soda, nobody questions it #tangy #acnh #art

I feel like I haven't drawn in awhile. here's a quiet morning moment or whatever

BUG CLUB (everybuggy dance) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJtX...

wah!!!!

low-poly kitty will give you a computer virus ! 👾